Three men share the lead with perfect scores while five women tie for the lead in the women’s division of the 19th Asian Games Chess Championship in Hangzhou, China. The Asian Games individual chess championship is a 9-round Swiss System tournament. Time control is Rapid chess: 25 Minutes + 10 Second increment from Move 1.
Thirty four men from 19 countries are competing in the men’s division, namely Bangladesh, China, Hong kong, Indonesia, India, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, Mongolia, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Kuwait, Philippines, Qatar and Sri Lanka.
GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan (above left) and Amin Tabatabaei of Iran (above center), and IM Kazybek Nogerbek of Kazakhstan (above right) are tied with 2 points after two rounds. Ten players trail with 1.5 points each.
Visit Asian Games official site. Watch live games of Women
https://view.livechesscloud.com#a6e77449-5633-4639-835d-2550695b9551
and Men
https://view.livechesscloud.com/#7119b4e7-1990-41fd-8c91-9a5632502186
In the women’s division, five players share the lead with 2 points after as many rounds followed by five players with 1.5 points each, GMs Hou Yifan and Zhu Jiner of China, Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli of India, and WINM Umida Omonova of Uzbekistan.
Thirty women from 17 countries are competing in the women’s division, namely China, Hongkong, Indonesia, India, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Philipines, Qatar, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Iran Kuwait and Singapore.
